Every part introduced at CES 2026

It is the primary week of a brand new yr and there is not any time for the tech world to slowly ease again into issues following the vacations. That is as a result of CES 2026 is in full swing, with all method of firms descending on Las Vegas to disclose their newest improvements and what they’re planning to deliver your manner within the close to future.

Lots of the Engadget crew are on the bottom to take a look at as a lot of the brand new tech as attainable. After all, we’re maintaining tabs on the entire main CES press conferences too. Samsung has already held its First Look presentation, which focuses on residence merchandise, whereas LG has proven off a wide selection of TVs and Lego unveiled its new Good Brick expertise.

You possibly can make amends for the entire huge CES 2026 bulletins (and a few of the extra offbeat gizmos which are being proven off on the occasion) proper right here. We’ll be maintaining this story up to date all through the week.

Micro RGB TVs

Micro RGB is a time period you possibly can count on to listen to about fairly a bit within the coming months and years, particularly once you’re buying in your subsequent TV. Micro RGB is a brand new tech that is much like Mini LED, although it makes use of purple, inexperienced and blue LEDs as an alternative of white backlights. Distinction ratios aren’t fairly as excessive as these on Micro LED and OLED shows, because the pixels cannot be turned on and off individually. Nonetheless, Micro RGB models are mentioned to be brighter and extra colour correct than TVs that use different show tech, partially as a result of the LEDs in these screens provide smaller, extra customizable dimming zones. Read reporter Steve Dent’s explainer for a deeper dive into how Micro RGB differs from different kinds of show tech.

We’re seeing extra of those TVs pop up at CES 2026, together with a mammoth 130-inch concept model that Samsung brought to Las Vegas. The corporate unveiled its first Micro RGB TV in August, — that’s a 115-inch, $29,999 mannequin. This yr, you possibly can count on it to start out providing Micro RGB TVs in 55-, 65- and 75-inch sizes. There are additionally 85-, 100- and 115-inch fashions on the way in which.

LG revealed its first Micro RGB set at CES as nicely. The biggest variant is 100 inches, however there are 86- and 75-inch fashions too. Elsewhere, LG showed off its latest Wallpaper TV, which is a 100-inch OLED show. We additionally acquired a have a look at LG’s new Gallery TV — The Gallery is the corporate’s tackle Samsung’s Body TV format.

Different new TVs and OS updates

We’ve acquired one other competitor to The Body, as Amazon has entered that scene with the Ember Artline TV. The 4K OLED mannequin has Amazon Pictures integration and you may select from 2,000 items of free artwork to indicate on the display. The Ember Artline can change on or off routinely when somebody enters or leaves the room.

It runs on the Hearth TV platform and (after all) there’s Alexa+ integration, together with assist for Dolby Imaginative and prescient, HDR10+ and Wi-Fi 6. The Ember Artline is anticipated to start out transport this spring. It begins at $899 for the 55-inch mannequin.

Talking of Hearth TV, Amazon has revamped the platform’s user interface with rounded corners for present, film and app tiles; a bit more room for mentioned tiles; and typography and colour gradient adjustments. The corporate has reworked the platform’s codebase as nicely, and it says the Hearth TV OS will ship pace boosts of as much as 20 to 30 %. Amazon will begin rolling out the up to date UI subsequent month.

On the Google aspect of TV land, you possibly can count on more Gemini-powered features. The corporate is bringing the power to go looking Google Pictures for sure moments and folks to Google TV, together with the choices to remix images into completely different kinds and create slideshows on the fly. The Veo and Nano Banana AI video and photograph era fashions are coming to Google TV as nicely. You too can count on the power to regulate TV settings utilizing your voice. These Gemini options are coming to Google TV-powered TCL fashions first, then different gadgets within the following months. Within the meantime, you possibly can take a look at senior reporter Amy Skorheim’s hands-on impressions of the Gemini updates.

Samsung

Samsung being Samsung, the corporate had much more up its sleeve at CES than simply TVs. Within the leadup to the occasion, it introduced its two new soundbars (we’re had some hands-on time with one of those), the trendy Music Studio audio system (we have got some IRL impressions of those), a bunch of monitors, the refreshed FreeStyle+ projector (we’ve checked that out too). It additionally introduced plans to bring Google Photos to TVs.

On the First Look showcase on Sunday, Samsung talked up “AI experiences all over the place. For everybody” (sigh). Right here, we noticed extra TVs, comparable to the skinny S95H OLED, which has a zero-gap mount that lets you place the unit flush in opposition to a wall.

First Look has lengthy been centered on residence merchandise. Naturally, Samsung execs mentioned some options for the corporate’s fridges, comparable to ​​recipe choice updates, AI cooling tech and Google Gemini-powered AI Imaginative and prescient that is mentioned to have the ability to acknowledge extra gadgets and assist you determine what it is advisable purchase with out having to manually take stock. FoodNote, in the meantime, is a weekly abstract that breaks down what has gone out and in of your fridge.

Furthermore, Samsung highlighted the Samsung Bespoke AI Laundry Combo and its new AI wash cycle. With the brand new Air Dresser — which has an Auto Wrinkle Care function — Samsung goals to eliminate irons (thanks, Samsung). As for the Bespoke AI sensible vacuum and mop, that may apparently keep watch over your pets once you’re not residence.

LG

Likewise, LG introduced different non-TV tech to CES. The corporate is shining the highlight on its CLOiD robot. Just like the far creepier-looking 1X Neo, the CLOiD is designed to assist with family duties comparable to beginning laundry cycles, folding garments, unloading the dishwasher and serving meals. This seems to be extra of an idea than one thing you can purchase anytime quickly, however we must always get a better have a look at the CLOiD in particular person this week.

The corporate additionally debuted the LG Sound Suite, a modular residence audio system it developed at the side of Dolby to tackle the likes of Sonos. Simply forward of CES, LG pulled again the curtain on a brand new batch of xboom speakers in addition to some monitors and ultralight Gram laptops which are made with a fabric it is calling Aerominum.

Lego

In its first CES appearance, Lego introduced the Smart Brick, a standard-sized brick with a 4.1mm ASIC chip inside that’s designed to reply in numerous methods relying on what set you’re constructing and the way you’re constructing it. Utilizing what Lego calls the “Play Engine” and built-in copper coils, every brick can sense issues like movement, orientation and magnetic fields, plus its personal distance, course and orientation in relation to different Good Bricks. Every brick additionally has a teeny tiny speaker inbuilt that can play audio “tied to stay play actions” somewhat than solely pre-recorded clips.

Accompanying Good Bricks are Good Tags and Good Minifigures, which have their very own capabilities — certainly one of which is letting Good Bricks know what context they’re being utilized in. All of those items tie collectively through an area wi-fi layer dubbed BrickNet that, partially, lets Good Bricks know the place they’re positioned in relation to different sensible elements. All of it appears very neat and I am wanting ahead to seeing what else Lego and followers can do with these Good Bricks.

The primary “Smart Play” associate is, unsurprisingly, Star Wars, which can launch three “all-in-one” units utilizing Good Bricks, Good Tags and Good Minifigures. The 473-piece Darth Vader TIE Fighter set will price $70; the 584-piece Luke’s Crimson 5 X-Wing set is available in at $100 and the 962-piece Throne Room Duel & A-wing set will set you again $160. The audio system in these units can emit lightsaber swooshes, fighter sounds and The Imperial March.

The chipmakers

It is CES, so after all we will see a bunch of laptops and desktops, together with bulletins in regards to the tech that powers the brand new fashions. Which means NVIDIA, Intel, AMD and Qualcomm are all on the town to speak up their newest chips and different improvements.

Given its lofty place within the business (and the financial system) NVIDIA’s CES press convention is all the time one to keep watch over. This yr’s version was laregly a recap of the corporate’s latest strikes, but it surely did have some news to share.

NVIDIA introduced Alpamayo, which is a gaggle of open-source reasoning fashions designed to assist autonomous automobiles deal with tough driving eventualities. The corporate additionally revealed {that a} tremendous pc constructed on the Vera Rubin GPU structure NVIDIA unveiled in 2024 is in manufacturing.

Issues haven’t precisely been going nice for Intel for some time, however the firm is unquestionably hoping that its Core Ultra Series 3 chips can assist it proper the ship. These are the primary chips to be constructed utilizing Intel’s 18A (18 angstroms, which is slightly below 2nm) course of. The corporate says they provide improved efficiency — 60 % greater than the previous-gen Lunar Lake processors — and battery life enhancements for laptops.

The Extremely Sequence 3 features a new Arc B390 built-in GPU, with 50 % extra graphics cors, double the cache and 120 GPU TOPS of efficiency. Put all that collectively and these chips ought to ship as much as 77 % quicker gaming efficiency than Lunar Lake fashions, Intel mentioned. To that finish, the corporate teased a Extremely Sequence 3-powered gaming handheld for later this yr.

After all, AMD wasn’t going to be neglected of the CES occasion. The corporate introduced a number of CPUs for laptops and desktops, whereas chillingly declaring that “AI is all over the place” and “altering the face of gaming.” Ick. There was lots of AI chat through the two-hour(!) keynote, together with a “a jet-powered flying robotic.”

After which there’s Qualcomm. The corporate revealed the Snapdragon X2 Plus chip on the present. It’s extra of a mid-range chip that isn’t fairly as highly effective as the upper finish Snapdragon X2 Elite — it doesn’t have as many CPU cores, for one factor. Nonetheless, Qualcomm claims the X2 Plus affords as a lot as 35 % quicker single-core efficiency over the earlier gen. The corporate additionally says the Adreno GPU affords a efficiency enhance of as much as 29 % in contrast with the final era.

Laptops

What would CES be with out some new {hardware} that makes use of these new chips? As ever, laptop computer and desktop makers had been on the present to supply up their newest fashions in your consideration. We’d already seen LG’s new ultrathin laptops prematurely of CES, whereas Samsung had a few of its personal to indicate off.

The Galaxy Ebook 6 Extremely, Galaxy Ebook 6 Professional and Galaxy Ebook 6 boast Intel’s Core Extremely Sequence 3 chips and revamped designs which are mentioned to enhance warmth administration. You possibly can learn our story on the Galaxy Book 6 series for the specs of those laptops, although we don’t have pricing or a launch window as but.

Dell realized it messed up by killing off the XPS identify as a part of a broader rebranding effort and we’re glad to see that the corporate is making a U-turn on that entrance. A full lineup of XPS laptops is coming this year, together with an all-new XPS 13 (a long-time Engadget fave on the Home windows ultraportable entrance). Dell additionally has 14- and 16-inch XPS fashions within the hopper, together with others it’s maintaining beneath wraps for now.

We love an odd laptop computer and ASUS didn’t disappoint by bringing the ROG Zephyrus Duo to CES. It is a dual-screen gaming laptop computer with two 16-inch OLED panels, certainly one of Intel’s new CPUs and as much as an NVIDIA RTX 5090 GPU. The keyboard is removable and may work wirelessly. A kickstand can assist you arrange the Zephyrus Duo in every kind of orientations. You possibly can even place the twin screens in an upside-down “V” tent mode. We don’t know the value of the Zephyrus Duo as but, but it surely certainly received’t be cheap.

That’s not all ASUS delivered to the dance. The corporate made a particular version of the ROG Stream Z13 some that’s styled after the works of the famed sport designer Hideo Kojima. The ROG Flow Z13-KJP has visible aptitude that’s attracts from the likes of Loss of life Stranding and Metallic Gear. Kojima’s Ludens mascot is right here too. There’s no pricing or launch date for this variant or its matching equipment simply but.

L’Oreal

L’Oreal typically brings some fascinating magnificence tech to CES and the corporate did so once more this yr with a trio of gadgets. The LED Eye Masks makes use of purple mild and near-infrared mild to deal with the likes of puffiness, discoloration and high quality traces.

The LED Face Masks appears to be a extra pliable model of masks that we have seen from the likes of Dr. Dennis Gross, Omnilux, Therabody and Shark in recent times. Nonetheless, it is solely in prototype type for now and it is not anticipated to hit the market till subsequent yr.

The Mild Straight + Multi-styler makes use of infrared mild to assist dry and elegance hair in comparable trend to L’Oreal’s AirLight Professional. It is mentioned to have sensors that make use of “built-in proprietary algorithms and machine studying” to allow them to adapt to your gestures and “maximize particular person expertise.” L’Oreal claims that whereas conventional straighteners can function at 400°F or greater (temperatures that may harm hair), its newest innovation “successfully straightens hair whereas by no means exceeding 320°F.” You possibly can count on the Mild Straight to reach in 2027 as nicely.

Cellular

At CES 2026, we had our first likelihood to go fingers on with the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold, which the corporate officially announced last month. Senior author Sam Rutherford had qualms in regards to the value (not confirmed but for North America, but it surely prices round $2,500 in Korea) and bulkiness.

Nonetheless, after Sam opened it up, “my issues had been rapidly pushed apart as a result of all of a sudden you’re greeted with 10 inches of vivid AMOLED goodness.” That additional actual property might are available very helpful for a lot of of us. Mixed with a keyboard and maybe a mouse, it might nicely be the laptop computer/pill substitute many have been ready for. Make sure to learn Sam’s hands-on for his full initial impressions.

Again at CES 2024, we acquired to check out a physical keyboard phone accessory from Clicks. Quick ahead two years, and the model is making its personal Blackberry-esque telephones, in addition to a brand new bodily telephone keyboard accent. The Android 16-based Clicks Communicator has a tactile keyboard with a fingerprint sensor within the spacebar, a 4-inch OLED show, a 3.5mm headphone jack (hooray!) and expandable microSD storage as much as 2TB. You possibly can reserve one now for $399 — the value will enhance to $499 on February 27.

As for the brand new accent, Clicks is looking that the Energy Keyboard. It connects to an iOS or Android telephone through MagSafe or Qi2, and it could actually function as an influence financial institution in a pinch due to the two,150 mAh battery. The Energy Keyboard has Bluetooth performance as nicely, so you should utilize it with gadgets like tablets, sensible TVs and digital actuality headsets. Pre-orders are open now and the Energy Keyboard is anticipated to ship within the spring. Early adopters can lock in a pre-order for $79 earlier than the retail value jumps to $110.

Those that choose their cell phones to have fewer bells and whistles is perhaps within the newest mannequin from Punkt. The MC03 is a nifty-looking touchscreen mannequin that runs on the privacy- and security-centric AphyOS, which is predicated on the Android Open Supply Challenge. It has a UI that borrows a web page out of the Mild Telephone’s playbook, although you possibly can nonetheless set up any Android app. The MC03 will hit European markets this month for €699 / CHF699 / £610. There is a necessary subscription, nonetheless. You get a yr of entry included with a telephone buy, then it is a €10 / CHF10 / £9 month-to-month price (paying for a long-term plan up entrance can cut back the associated fee by as much as 60 %).

Charging tech

Anker and Belkin really feel like CES mainstays at this level. They every had some fascinating charging gear to indicate off this yr. Belkin provided up a refreshed Nintendo Switch 2 case that recharges the console through its 10,000mAh energy financial institution (which delivers as much as 30W of quick charging). The case has an LCD display on the surface to indicate you at a look how a lot juice it has left and there’s a built-in kickstand so that you can prop the console up on.

Belkin’s new Swap 2 charging case prices $100 and it’s obtainable now. The corporate’s new $100 UltraCharge Professional Energy Financial institution can recharge two gadgets concurrently. You may get your fingers on that subsequent month. There’s additionally a really slim BoostCharge energy financial institution that may match into your pocket. That may run you $60 and it’ll ship later this yr.

Anker unveiled its neat Nano Charger, which may seemingly determine the iPhone mannequin you hook as much as it and supply the suitable degree of charging energy. This plug will arrive later this month for $40.

The corporate introduced a string of different merchandise that may cost a number of gadgets on the identical time. The $150 foldable Prime Wi-fi Charging Station can juice up your iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods concurrently, with as much as 25W of Qi2 wi-fi energy. That’ll arrive by the tip of March.

There’s additionally a 10-in-1 Nano Energy Strip ($70, late January launch) with 70W of output, surge safety and a number of USB-C ports, USB-A ports and AC shops. Anker additionally confirmed off a 13-in-1 Nano Docking Station which you can snag proper now for $150. Amongst different issues, this helps as much as three 4K shows, as a lot as 100W of upstream charging and 10 Gbps of knowledge switch between gadgets which are hooked as much as it. Helpful!

AI

No prizes for guessing that there is going to be a ton of AI-related information at CES this yr. Amazon, for one, introduced that it is rolling out a web-based version of Alexa+. Which means you will not essentially must have an Amazon machine to check out the generative AI-powered assistant. Nonetheless, Alexa+ Early Entry clients are getting first dibs on the net model.

There are a boatload of AI-powered gadgets on the CES present flooring too. One which we noticed early on is a Tamagotchi-style digital pet from a startup referred to as Takway. The Sweekar will bear in mind your interactions with it (you will must feed and play with the pet to maintain it wholesome and completely happy). As soon as it is all grown up, the Sweekar will head off on digital adventures and let you know about its exploits when it “returns.” Takway will quickly begin a Kickstarter marketing campaign for the  Sweekar, which can seemingly price between $100 and $150.

We additionally noticed the Fraimic, an E Ink show that may faucet into OpenAI to generate photos. There is not any subscription for the Fraimic (which prices $399 for the usual measurement, which has a 13-inch show) and also you get 100 AI-generated photos per yr included together with your buy. Pre-orders are open now and the Fraimic is anticipated to start out transport on this spring.

Some firms are nonetheless making an attempt to make wearable AI gadgets occur. SwitchBot has a wearable mic referred to as the AI MindClip, which may seemingly file and transcribe all the pieces you say (no, thanks!). Anker’s Soundcore division acquired in on the combo too with its Work voice recorder.

Plaid, in the meantime, introduced its NotePin follow up to the dance. This time round, the NotePin S has a button which you can push to file conversations. You too can press the button to flag key moments for an AI-generated abstract to deal with. The NotePin S is obtainable now for $179, do you have to be enticed to purchase such a factor.

On an analogous observe, Bee supplied an replace on what it’s bee-n as much as since Amazon bought the company final yr. It has developed 4 options that it’s rolling out for its present AI voice recording wearable gadgets, together with one which draft an e mail once you say it is advisable ship one, and one other that highlights tendencies in what you say over a interval of weeks or months. There’s additionally a voice notes function, as a result of that’s one thing you possibly can’t do together with your telephone already.

Robots

Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robotic is able to roll. We’ve seen a number of iterations of this machine over the previous few years and now the corporate’s latest model is about to enter manufacturing. As well as, Boston Dynamics has teamed up with Google DeepMind to fuse Gemini Robotics AI basis fashions into Atlas robots.

Per a press release, the partnership “will deal with enabling humanoids to finish all kinds of commercial duties and is anticipated to develop into a driving power of producing transformation, starting within the automotive business.” Because it occurs, Hyundai (Boston Dynamics’ majority shareholder) and DeepMind might be among the many first to obtain Atlas robots.

Gaming

The FlipPad is certainly one of my favourite issues I’ve seen popping out of CES this yr. It’s an 8BitDo cell sport controller that’s designed for vertical use. There are a bunch of neat physical controllers for phones which are constructed for panorama mode. However many cell video games are performed with the telephone oriented to the vertical place. And that’s to not point out emulators that will let you play the likes of Recreation Boy titles whereas your telephone stands tall. So it’s neat to see 8BitDo providing a bodily controller that’ll do the trick. The corporate additionally unveiled a new Xbox controller with swappable joysticks and button modules.